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William Hale
Born(1931-07-11)July 11, 1931
Rome, Georgia, US
DiedJune 10, 2020(2020-06-10) (aged 88)
Woodland Hills, California, US
Other namesBilly Hale
Occupation(s)Film and television director
Years active1955–1990
Spouse
Trudy Dean
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(m. 1980)​

William Hale (July 11, 1931 – June 10, 2020)[1] was an American film and television director.[2] He is best known for such films and television series as The Virginian, Journey to Shiloh, SOS Titanic, The Murder of Mary Phagan and The Streets of San Francisco.[3]

Early years

William Hale was born on July 11, 1931 in Rome, Georgia to Alma and William Hale.[1] He attended local schools, and moved to Atlanta after graduation to attend college. During his freshman year, he got a job working the night shift at a local television station. It was during those night shifts that Hale had the opportunity to watch movies being broadcast by the station, and resolved to become a film director.[1]

Hollywood film and television career

Hale subsequently moved to Los Angeles, where he graduated from the USC Film School.[1] His senior year student film, The Towers[4] caught the eye of established Hollywood director George Stevens who hired Hale as Second Unit Director on Stevens' feature film The Greatest Story Ever Told. By the mid-1960s, Hale was directing feature films and made-for-TV movies, for Universal Studios. Over the course of his long career, Hale directed some of the best known A-List actors of his time. Among his credits were a Peabody Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series.[1]

Retirement

After decades in California, in 2004 William and Trudy Hale sold their Topanga, California ranch for an amount under $2 million, and moved to Nelson County, Virginia where they bought a dilapidated farm house on three acres.[5] Naming the new home "Porches", the Hales renovated the rural home, accessible by way of a wooden bridge, and lands into a retreat for poets, novelists, and writers of every stripe. They housed as many as five guest artists at a time. Workshops were organized for the writers, where they could work directly with publishers and editors, to improve their manuscripts.[2]

Death

William (Billy) Hale died June 10, 2020, at the age of 88, in Woodland Hills, California.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "William "Billy" Hale". Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Rachael (November 26, 2015). "Norwood home serves as retreat for writers, artists". Nelson County Times.
  3. ^ Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-0810861381.
  4. ^ a b William Hale; distributed by Rembrandt Films (1957), The Towers, Internet Archive, [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Hale [producer] ; [New York] : Rembrandt [distributor], retrieved November 12, 2019
  5. ^ Ruth Ryon (July 11, 2004). "He goes the whole 9 yards". LA Times. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  6. ^ "Grand Central Market (1963)" on YouTube
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